About Practice Cliff:

Sometimes called the Upper Cliffs East or Summit Wall, this is the area closest to the summit parking lot and has been used by various mountaineering groups for practice since at least the 1960's. It is relatively easy to set up top ropes. The rock is a Pre-Carboniferous intrusive rock consisting mostly of diorite. (Dallas Kloke said that, I have no Idea what that means). Friction is average or above.

Approach:

From the Summit Parking Lot scramble, walk, south on one of two trails. One leads to the bottom of the wall, the other to the top.

Approach Time:

10 to 15 min

Latitude, Longitude:

48.45430, -122.62505

Access Issues:

There is a boulder to step around at the bottom of the wall. be careful. At least one person fell here and it was serious. Other than that it is easy to traverse at the bottom of the wall.

Rock Type:

Granite

Type of Climbing:

Top Rope

Sun Aspect:

All Day Sun

Routes

SequenceSequence numbers indicate the left (L) to right (R) order of the routes.